At 7:30, 20 18 in the morning, Tianjianhu Zhengzhou International Women's Marathon started on time.
This year coincides with the 30th anniversary of Zhengzhou High-tech Development Zone, which is the first time that the High-tech Development Zone has held such a large-scale sports event. After 30 years of development, High-tech Zone has become a livable new city with beautiful environment, comfortable life and full of vitality. Today's track is also a route carefully planned by the organizing Committee, which can focus on the development and changes of the high-tech zone in the past 30 years. It is believed that the contestants can fully feel the charm of the high-tech zone, a city of technology and wisdom, while completing exercise and challenging themselves.
Under the leadership of many professional runners, runners who participated in the half marathon rushed out of the starting line and ran on the track. Although this is the first time that Henan Province has held a marathon specially for women, it has attracted many experts to participate. Athletes from Ethiopia, Kenya, Japan, Mongolia and other countries have super strength, and there are also many strong athletes in China. In March this year, Zheng Kai won the semi-final marathon in Henan, and Yuan Gui, who ranked first in the domestic women's marathon last year and this year, also signed up for this competition.
It is worth mentioning that in order to achieve better results, several Ethiopian athletes specially invited two male compatriots to be "rabbits" to lead the way. So the competition will definitely be fierce, and the level of competition is worth looking forward to.
The competition is divided into two parts: half marathon and mini marathon. There will be 7000 people taking part in today's competition. Among them, nearly 100 foreign runners participated in the half marathon. They come from more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Russian Federation, Britain, Australia, Argentina, Japan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Ethiopia and Kenya, and will compete with more than 1000 China runners on the same stage. Therefore, today's competition is not only a sports competition and national fitness activities, but also an international feast.